Aero Estates

“One of the country's rare residential airparks, where the driveway leads to a hangar and the street ends at a runway.”

Aero Estates is unlike any other neighborhood in Naperville. Built around the Naper Aero Club and its private airfield, it is a fly-in residential airpark where homes line landscaped streets and taxiways alike, and many properties include their own aircraft hangars with direct access to the runway. For pilots and aviation enthusiasts, it offers something almost no other suburban address can.

The neighborhood developed gradually from the 1960s onward, and its homes reflect that range, from mid-century single-story houses to large custom builds on generous lots. What unites them is the airpark itself, a working private runway and taxiway network shared by residents and club members, set on the city's south side near the open space of Springbrook Prairie.

Beyond the novelty of the airfield, Aero Estates functions as an established, low-density residential enclave. The surrounding area includes Route 59 nearby and the trails and natural areas that define this part of the western suburbs.

For the right buyer, Aero Estates is a destination rather than simply a neighborhood. It remains one of the most distinctive communities in the Chicago area, a place where aviation is woven directly into daily life and the hangar is as much a part of the home as the garage.